Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Type II (Médaille de Verdun)

Type II (Médaille de Verdun)

with Miniature - accompanied by its bronze 1957 version badge

as he was placed on command to the Royal Flying Corps on June 5

as noted on the bottom left

7 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by Friedrich Orth consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Type II (Médaille de Verdun)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 17 mm (w) x 43. 91 mm (h), weighing